"All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel.All of them?Sure, he says. Think about it. There's esc...












In the end, we'll all become stories

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"Had she believed all that? Old Pilar's folklore? No, not really; or not exactly. Most likely Pilar hadn't quite believed it either, but it was a reass...
"That's the kind of stories I know. Sad ones. Anyway, taken to it's logical conclusion, every story is sad, because at the end everyone dies.
"All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel.
"You shouldn't do that," said Laura. "You could set yourself on fire.
"Every war is the war for whoever's lived through it.
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